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    Dish problem...

    When I see "downloading program guide" as often as it seems you do, I think the unit is bad. It could be the signal affecting the program guide, but if that were the case you would have a very hard time watching any TV. On other hand, with the dish and cabling deal you discribed, that also...
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    Does anyone recognise this antenna ?

    It is called a phased array flat panel design, or uses a series of reflectors focus the signal in-wards to a central point. Much the same way a Fresnel lens on a traffic stop light (prior to LED) . allows a small bulb to seem so bright over the whole area of the lens. They had something...
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    LNB feed combiner/multiplexer?

    NO. You can get bandstackers to cut some of that down, but since I have no idea what type of LNBs you are using or what your polarity needs might be, I cannot give you more information. How many receivers are you using? and does each receive need access to all those feeds?
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    Site running slow?

    How about just a link to the main company web site. Is that OK? PC Tools - Essential Tools for your PC
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    Site running slow?

    I have seen some issues with the in-line content advertising. Sometimes it takes a while to load the page. Not as long as 30 seconds, but this site does run much slower than most. Too much advertising at times. Norton's is not much a spyware tool and most of those free spyware programs are...
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    Moving sat. post off roof questions

    Installers who leave the mast base on the roof do not do so to make sure it does not leak, they leave it there so they do not have to be responsible in case it does leak. Plus, they do not want to take the time to remove the base and seal the holes. The question you should ask is not how do...
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    Satellite safety

    Depending the transmit power, you can be harmed if you are in the path for extended periods. If you are in the path, the dishes cannot be used, and little transmission takes place. Sort of a self correcting situation. The bottom line is you should stay out of the signal path. If you decide you...
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    Wiring new house - have questions LONG

    Your electrician CANNOT install a ground just for phone and satellite unless he also bonds that ground rod to the primary electrical ground with at least a #6 copper wire. All ground rods must be bonded together. I am sure he knows this, but maybe not. The cables that run from the dish are...
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    Wiring new house - have questions LONG

    Do you have a #10 copper ground wire running from the dish to the building ground? With all do respect to your electrician, 99% have no idea how to wire for satellite. This may help. Grounding NEC DIRECTV DISH Network HughesNet Wildblue DBS Install - Satellite dish installation help
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    Question for HSP and DNSC employee installers, not subs

    Does DNSC and the HSP provide non-standard installations for an extra fee? I am not talking about standard pole mounts. I am taking about custom jobs that require extensive custom work. Work such as running 250 feet of RG-11 in conduit between buildings. Installs that require fall arrest gear...
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    Will Dish and DTV charge extra for local HDTV

    Not all local channels will be HD in the future. The major networks will be, but some independants may only go digital and not invest in HD equipment.
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    Help Save Jericho the TV show

    http://www.nutsonline.com/jericho CBS has said they wil donate all the nuts to the troops. Give our troops some good snacks and tell CBS how NUTS they are. I donated $10.
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    Installation Contractor Liability Insurance

    The cost depends on your state and business activities. Your best bet is to contact independent agents and them them SELL you on one company or another. I am with Safco, and I like them. I have 1,000,000 coverage for under $500 year. General liability and vehicle contents coverage of $2000 for...
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    Wanting to start a neighborhood CATV system.

    Warning - The above link points to a Youtube video which contains adult language. Make sure children are out of the room before playing. Funny as hell, but not when your 6 year old nephew walks into the room.
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    Oldest Dish I remember

    Ever work on a 9' Beta Lux?
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    Is this the Future of DVR's

    When a seperate license is requried to add a show to streaming video service, you will always have conditions placed on the streaming content. Products such as a standalone TIVO, or slingbox are not tied to the content. When you seperate the product from the content, you increase customer...
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    best offer to become a Dish customer

    Any smart dealer has a 2nd contract with the customer. Charlie has even said they should. Any customer who approached us and said they did not want to sign the 2nd, would be the type of customer we would not want. That would be a shame for you since you would ONLY have DISH or some mail...
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    How can I make my voice heard?

    You make your voice heard with your check book. If DTV gets your local HD channels first, and you are no longer under contract, LEAVE and tell them why.
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    Point of entry surge protection technical question

    In reviewing the original post, I realized I missed one point. Installing a surge suppressor at the telco POE for your network lines is fine for protecting from EMI and RFI issues that can find their way into your network, but you also must protect every computer and every device connected to...
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    Point of entry surge protection technical question

    Panamax!! The most important aspect of good surge suppression is to make sure that ALL pathways to ground go through your surge suppression network. A surge suppressor does not suppress surges, they actually route to ground any over voltage. At about 300Volts devices called MOSFETS create a...
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    Wild Blue (internet dish)

    When you do networking, that is not part of a WB install, therefor the time it takes to do non standard work cannot be counted towards how long it took to install a WB system. You MUST learn to only perform the most basic of installation work as outlined in your installation contract. Anymore...
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    Picture Quality

    What code did you use? It has nothing to do with your problem, but I have a customer with a Vizio who asked me what code to use.
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    Oldest Dish I remember

    Consumers today have no idea what a clear TV picture is. Any C-band analog TV image was, and is, sharper and has more image detail than ANY SD DBS signal viewed today, if the minimum CN was reached. The only advantage digital DBS offers, in the area of image quality, is image consistency. It is...
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    Yet Another Grounding Question

    Those surge suppressors are ground blocks. The 10 Awg should be fine. Those units will never come into play unless you get a VERY close lightning strike, OR if the receivers send high voltage out the coax. The garage sub-panel is a valid ground. There should be a large (2 to 6 Awg) copper...
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    Best option to mount an OTA antenna on dish?

    You guys are not comparing the same type of antennas. The round antenna is Omni-directional, the Philips is an amplified single dipole, and the Terk (made by Winegard) I think is a type of bow bay design, or maybe phased array. Each antenna type has different characteristics. Where one will work...